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How does this new lens change our ideas about teaching boys?. We are Generalizing! We are not Stereotyping!. Shorter verbal chunks Brain Breaks Lessons with movement Social interaction Flexible work areas Small motor stimulation. How does movement help learning?. 15.
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How does this new lens change our ideas about teaching boys?
We are Generalizing! We are not Stereotyping!
Shorter verbal chunks Brain Breaks Lessons with movement Social interaction Flexible work areas Small motor stimulation
Stand up instead of raising hand General Movement Ideas
Take regular stretch breaks General Movement Ideas
Students get up to get own supplies General Movement Ideas
Stress balls General Movement Ideas www.orientaltrading.com www.officeplayground.com
Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Ball Toss Review 16
Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Continent Scramble
Content-Integrated Movement Ideas Attack of the Stickies
Creating space… • Boys need more physical work space. • Make sure desks can be moved aside. • Create a variety of seating arrangements
Boys need more physical work space. • Make sure desks can be moved aside • Create a variety of seating arrangements
To energize • To relax • To transition 30
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Share a lesson that incorporates movement. Share a great Brain Break. Share a great movement song or CD.
♥ ☼ ♂ $ • Learning Scrolls • Word Walls • Symbol Cards
Create a 4-panel coat of arms Draw a road map for how to … Draw a birds-eye view map of … Create symbols for important concepts.
“A good book for a boy is one he wants to read.” (Moloney, 2002)
Amazon’s Top 5 List of Books Boys Are Reading (May 2008) 1-2-3: Rip-roaring escapades featuring the 14-year-old spy 4: Astonishingly tall 15-year-old Alfred is plunged into a world of adventure, assassination, and Arthurian legend 5: Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace earns a detention that takes him off the team and plunks him down in the auditorium where he ends up in a school musical
Aggression-themes, violent scenarios Action-oriented, competition Superheroes Gross or slapstick humor Stories reconstructed from TV & video games
Relational-themes Stories about feelings and memories Stories about family, friends
Bring in boys’ outside interests. • Appreciate boy humor. • Be open to aggression themes in writing.
Add “non-school” texts to classroom libraries. Check out www.guysread.com
Use song lyrics as text www.rockhall.com